A formal invitation from a mysterious land would usually state the purpose of the invitation in order to avoid unexpected situations that would catch the invitee off guard. This was because it would be rather rude. Moreover, a mage who received a surprise or shock might be hit with a fireball in the next moment. This was something that no one could be sure of. Of course, there were also those who used the fireball as an excuse to find an opportunity to take revenge.
Usually, whether one accepted an invitation or not depended not only on the purpose of the invitation, but also on the face of the inviter. A formal invitation from a Warlock Saint through a powerful person was not so easy to decline. Moreover, the Warlock Saint was very magnanimous and did not pursue the matter in the future. Regardless of whether he could win or not, there would be less trouble. This favor also made it difficult for Lin to decline the invitation.
This time, the real reason why Lin decided to temporarily put aside the matters at hand and attend this banquet was that he was also interested in the purpose of this Warlock Saint. Warlock Saint Babak Abnahan invited Lin Li in his personal and not official capacity to introduce a friend, Ruan Wenyue of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce.
This new friend was not completely unfamiliar to Lin. Previously, on the Golden Waterway of the Weida Army Kingdom, the noble couple introduced by the White Sword Saint William Greco, Baron Engels' wife, Ruan Shihui, was from the family behind the Jialong Chamber of Commerce.
Back then, although he had received a document similar to a letter of introduction from the other party, he could use it to trade with the Ruan family in various places, which was the Jialong Chamber of Commerce. However, Lin had never had the opportunity to use this letter of introduction.
Even after coming to the Holy City, he only traded with the chamber of commerce that was on good terms with Kabambai, and did not look for the Jialong Chamber of Commerce himself. The biggest reason was not that he did not dare to ask for or owe this favor, but that the main business of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce was large quantities of food, and their products were mainly crops. Hence, the clients they served were all noble lords or kings of various places.
When mages bought things, the usual situation was that there were many and miscellaneous items, but not many of them. This was different from the trading style of the noble lords who mainly traded in large quantities. A chamber of commerce that could do business with the noble class of various countries would not be able to stand the small matters of mages.
Hence, Lin Li, who did not know the importance of the letter of introduction, did not intend to use his face to test the other party's attitude. In any case, it was fine as long as he could buy the things he needed. The merchant guild that Academy Head Kabanbai had introduced was one of the strongest in the Holy City.
Now that this family had taken the initiative to come to him, Lin was naturally interested in their motives. Disregarding everything else, just the fact that the other party had a crop like rice in his hands was already worth a visit. Wheat and potatoes were the staple foods of the Mystic Land. Other than the last time when they were invited to a banquet on the Golden Waterway of the Jun Country, rice was completely extinct in other places.
Because no one in the family liked this kind of occasion, even if they went, they would only be there as a foil. Otherwise, they would be busy with other things, so a certain someone had to go alone. Speaking of which, where did this group of people learn their personality from?!
From his brand-new robes, he found the one that looked the most fitting and put it on. Although it was considered a good material for ordinary clothes, it was rather shabby compared to the clothes of ordinary mages. The only thing worth rejoicing about was that at least it didn't feel tattered.
In the past, when he was traveling, the people he met on the road were all travel-worn, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But now that he had settled down, the people who came and went were all either big shots or veteran mages. He, on the other hand, was dressed in a way that even a fledgling magic apprentice wouldn't know how to dress. Sometimes he would blush just thinking about it.
Fortunately, the method of making clothes with magic silk had been found, the materials were all ready, and the preliminary arrangements had been ordered. All that was left was for him to go back and take charge. The first time it was turned on, he was really worried if he didn't keep an eye on it.
The location of the banquet was the mansion of a small noble in the Guevana Empire in the Holy City of Estali. But that noble or his family members rarely lived here, because their family territory was near the Holy City. Even so, there were still servants and chefs here, because that small noble would lend this place to his friends for banquets or for a short stay in the Holy City.
Sometimes friends of friends would also come to borrow it, and there was no lack of big shots among them. That small noble was of course happy to do such a favor, and at the same time expand his network. So this noble's mansion was quite famous in the Holy City. Especially the chef's skills, those who had eaten it were full of praise.
Because the mansion was some distance away from his home in the Holy City, and he didn't want to use Blink to destroy this set of clothes. If it was in the past, he would have to borrow a carriage from the academy. With the academy's coat of arms, although he couldn't go on a rampage in the Holy City, he could still intimidate many people. At the very least, it was more useful than the shabby attire he was wearing among Mages.
But after Lin Xiang thought about it, he walked into the workshop of the silver-bearded dwarf.
The outer wall of the workshop was set up with soundproofing and other magic arrays with multiple effects, so after the door was closed, it was difficult to see what was going on inside from the outside. But as soon as he entered the door, he found a different world. A bright and magical modern workshop, different from the one on Earth, appeared in front of a certain someone's eyes.
On one side, disassembled peace weapons were hung with chains and pulleys, and diagonally above, there was a miniaturized hybrid engine transmitting power. Countless sensors were connected to various parts of the power armor, so that this power armor didn't need to undergo actual testing and could still obtain detailed data from the simulation.
This result was almost all completed by the silver-bearded dwarves independently. Lin and Fen, at most, gave some suggestions when they asked questions, or gave them directions when they had no goals. It was all verbal help, and they were not involved in the editing of the program.
On the other side was the car that he mentioned to the dwarves not long ago. Using magic materials regardless of the cost, the speed of creating a car by hand was far beyond a certain someone's imagination. Just like the car in front of him, the main structure had been completed, and only some skin had not been wrapped.
The silver-bearded dwarves had begun the research on the structure of power armor since the era of the Empire. They already had a lot of technical accumulation for many machine structures. In addition, at the end of last year, they cooperated with a certain someone to urgently build an airship on the snow mountain, which allowed them to perfect a set of standardized car design drawings and build a real car. It could be said that they were very familiar with the process.
But the suspension and chassis were two major structures, and they had no reference experience, so they were at a loss. Fortunately, although a certain someone had never built a real car, he had at least assembled a remote control car, so he could still explain the relevant design structure and principles.
Even so, the silver-bearded dwarves did not handle the structure of the chassis well. The most important thing was that the configuration of the space was not well arranged. In some places, there were too many parts, or the structure was too high; in some places, it was upside down. This caused the engine room in front of the car to be high and low, and even the skin was difficult.
If the skin was attached to the machine, it would look strange. If it was attached to a square, there would be a pile of empty space inside. A certain someone was convinced of this virtue. Fortunately, they at least remembered to balance the counterweight, which prevented the first car from sinking and being light at the same time.
The seat cushions, door, headlights, rearview mirror, and other small places were already done. The parts that were not yet completed were the skin of the engine room, the closure of the rear compartment, and the overall consistent paint design.
Because a certain someone would come in from time to time to check on the progress and discuss with the dwarves. Therefore, Jermaine and others did not guard against the two brats and a few naughty cats, and drove people or cats out as soon as they saw them. It was because there were many dangerous places and items in the workshop. Those brats who did not know the severity of things would only cause trouble when they came in, and nothing good would happen.
However, Jermaine still took a rag, wiped his hands, and came over and said, "Big brother, in two more days, the first test car can be completed. Do you have plans for where to do the road test? "
"How about we do it now?"
"What?" The silver-bearded dwarves all raised their heads and looked at a certain someone in surprise.
Ignoring the dwarves' expressions, Lin asked, "This test car number one can run, right?"
"Yes, it can, but …"
Lin asked again, "In your simulation, are there any problems?"
"Not really. It's just the finishing work at the end? "
"Since there are no problems, then it's fine. It just so happens that I have something to do now, and I haven't gone to buy a new carriage in order to wait for it. Now that there is a chance, if you don't use it, wouldn't it be a waste of your painstaking efforts? "With that, Lin sat in the driver's seat.
The layout of this test car was mostly directly based on the configuration of left-hand drive cars on Earth. It included the steering wheel, gear lever, accelerator, brake, hand brake, clutch, and so on. In this regard, a certain someone did not intend to let the silver-bearded dwarves' imagination run wild and come up with some so-called creativity.
As for the dashboard, because it was a small place and there were no mechanical instruments to choose from, it could only be digitally controlled directly by a program, so Lin did not have any special requirements for the design of this part. It was just that the accuracy had to be reliable enough.
The silver-bearded dwarves' approach was to take the configuration that a certain someone used on an airship and use it on a vehicle. So when Lin saw that a car had a level and height indicator, his first thought was to find a red button. After pressing it, the car would deform, the kind that could fly.
He could not find the red button, but he was not too disappointed, just a little nostalgic for the good movie of the past. Lin asked again, "Is there enough gas in the tank?"
"The engine I installed is a four-cylinder hybrid engine. You can add gas or use the power of the magic stone to drive it. You want to add gas in it? "
"Fill the tank to the brim, and change the magic stone to a new one. For the journey, I'll use the gas mode, and for the return journey, I'll use the power mode. Both modes need to be tested to see how the actual consumption is. "
"Okay." Jermaine, who responded, called Riley, and took the pump to pump the gas from one of the small tanks into the car's fuel tank.
When everything was ready, the dwarves pulled up the iron door of the workshop. Lin pressed the ignition switch and stepped on the accelerator slightly. When the familiar sound entered his ears, he could not help but hold the steering wheel with both hands, feeling a little nervous. This was not a sense of mission that was about to start a new era in another world, but the excitement of a big boy getting a new toy.
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